The intent of the conference is to further stimulate development and adoption of sustainable rural land management practices centered on the integration of trees into the landscape. The conference will provide a forum for individuals associated with or practicing agroforestry to share their experiences and discuss production, environmental and social attributes of different agroforestry practices. Upland and riparian forest buffers, windbreaks and shelterbelts, silvopasture, alley cropping and forest farming practices will be the main foci discussed during the conference. There will be concurrent sessions, a poster session, field trips and time for discussion that focus on the successes, opportunities and constraints of agroforestry.

The conference will include oral and poster presentations that address current and emerging knowledge on temperate agroforestry practices as well as presentations related to the socioeconomic, political and environmental aspects of agroforestry. Special emphasis will be placed on practical examples of agroforestry practices and on technology transfer to producers.

Topics that will be addressed during the conference may include, without being limited to:

Sunday, May 31 - Welcome reception with appetizers and cash bar will be held in the evening at the Stoney Creek Inn to kick off the conference, followed by an AFTA board meeting and an AFTA membership meeting.

Tuesday, June 2 - Motor coach tour in the morning and afternoon of the MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center located in New Franklin with lunch provided. In the late afternoon we will travel to the Shepherd Farms located in Clifton Hill, to tour the agroforestry demonstrations, pecan processing plant and view the 300-head buffalo herd. The tour will be followed by a catered BBQ dinner at the farm.

Wednesday, June 3 - Morning concurrent sessions at the Stoney Creek Inn followed by a luncheon. An optional post-conference tour to the MU Greenley Research Center located in Novelty leaves from the Stoney Creek Inn after lunch and will include transportation and a catered dinner at the farm.

Call for papers: March 1, 2008
Registration form available on website: November 1, 2008
Deadline for abstract submission: December 1, 2008
Abstract acceptance notification: by February 1, 2009
Papers due for Conference Proceedings: March 1, 2009
Speaker schedule available online: April 1, 2009
Conference Proceedings: CD version included in the conference packet. Purchase printed version when you pre-register.

Author Instructions

Click here for the Instructions to Authors for Oral Presentations, Posters and the Proceedings (pdf). Manuscripts for the Proceedings are due March 1.